Aircraft Carrier
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The USS Gerald R Ford scored a double first less than a week after commissioning, as the nuclear-powered supercarrier launched and recovered a fighter plane for the first time using an electromagnetic catapult.
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Another line was written in the history books today as the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy set sail for the first time. Under the guidance of a flotilla of super tugs, the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth set out on her first six-week sea trial off the northeast coast of Scotland.
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The US Navy Office of Naval Research is sponsoring the development of a digital aid called the Deployable Ship Integration Multitouch System that will allow aircraft handlers to sort out the best way to use a carrier's flight deck and hangar without relying on a "Ouija board."
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Aircraft carriers are in the news these days. The US and Britain are scheduled to commission the first of two new carrier classes and many others are building their own. With all this activity, it seems as if the new age of the aircraft carrier is dawning. New Atlas hits the deck to find out.